More than 40 Ann Arbor
residents gathered for food
and drink at the home of
Ann and Steve Arbaugh on
Thursday night in support of
former journalist Jen Eyer’s
candidacy for the Ward 4
city council position in Ann
Arbor.
Those
in
attendance
included Mayor Christopher
Taylor; state Sen. Jeff Irwin,
D-Ann Arbor; Washtenaw
County
Commissioner
Katie
Scott,
D-District
9; and former state Sen.
Mitch Irwin. Former City
Councilmembers
Kirk
Westphal, D-Ward 2; Margie
Teall, D-Ward 4; Graydon
Krapohl, D-Ward 4; and
Joan Lowenstein, D-Ward 2,
were also present.
During the event, Eyer
said she wanted to continue
working in public service
after
her
time
on
the
Board
of
Commissioners.
After reflecting on where
she could make the most
difference, Eyer explained
she was compelled to serve
at the local level, which she
believes is often overlooked.
To Eyer, one of the most
important issues in the city
is a housing crisis, which she
said she believes is largely
due to an affordable housing
shortage.
“We have 80,000 people
who commute into our city
every day, and we are a city
of 120,000 people,” Eyer
said. “Our population grows
75 percent every single day.
How many of those people
would like to live here? I
would guess quite a few.”
Eyer said she would like to
address the city’s structural
budget deficit. In addition,
she said she wants to see the
city pursue more aggressive
action to address what she
called the “existential threat
of climate change.”
“I don’t know about you,
but I feel like Ann Arbor
should be a leader among
cities when it comes to
climate action,” Eyer said.
“And we are so far from that
goal right now that we can’t
even see it. We are not doing
the work.”
University
of
Michigan
President
Mark
Schlissel
announced
a
$50-million
increase
in
funding
for
the
Center
for
Academic
Innovation, the creation of
the Firearm Injury Prevention
Research Initiative and a new
fund dedicated to achieving
climate neutrality to a crowd
of more than 200 faculty, staff
and students at the annual
Leadership
Breakfast
in
the Ross School of Business
Thursday morning.
The funding for the Center for
Academic Innovation, Schlissel
said, would support the center
as they develop strategies to
make academic knowledge more
accessible through technology
and research.
According to Schlissel, the
funds will be distributed over
the course of five years, with
$10 million given to the center
every year.
“Our
innovations
have
already personalized learning
to
students
from
diverse
backgrounds,
they
have
identified
potential
biases
in
testing
and
empowered
learners to make data-driven
choices about how they allocate
their studying time,” Schlissel
said.
“They’re
leveling
the
playing field and identifying
opportunities
that
were
previously unseen.”
The first iteration of the
center, the Office of Digital
Education and Innovation, was
founded in 2014 to bridge the
gaps between digital platforms
and academic learning.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, October 4, 2019
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
In
a
packed
Michigan
Theater Thursday evening,
students gathered for a Penny
Stamps lecture featuring the
man behind many of the hats
displayed in fashion exhibits
and donned by celebrities:
Stephen Jones.
Stephen
Jones
is
the
fashion
world’s
leading
milliner, or hatmaker. Having
made a name for himself
in the 1970s in London,
Jones was a student of Saint
Martin’s
School
of
Art
during the day and regularly
attend the Blitz nightclub
in the evenings, where he
and his friends would wear
outrageous outfits. By 1980,
Jones had opened up his
own store in Covent Garden.
Forty years later, Jones still
attracts the biggest names
in the industry, crafting hats
for celebrities including Lady
Gaga, Rihanna, Madonna and
Meghan Markle.
The lecture was hosted by
the School of Art & Design as
the first event in their yearly
Penny Stamps Speaker Series.
Onstage, several different
headpieces were displayed,
from berets and headbands
to more elaborate headpieces.
Art & Design senior Sofia
Zertuche
found
that
the
displays added an important
visual element to the lecture.
“Usually we don’t have
things
onstage,”
Zetruche
said.
“Having
the
hats
onstage,
it
provides
an
interesting outlook on what
the show is about.”
Earlier this year, more than
250 parking spots for hospital
employees were converted to
patient-only spaces, making it
challenging for hospital staff to
find parking and get to work on
time. At the Board of Regents
meeting on Sept. 18, dozens of
nurses showed up wearing red
shirts holding signs that read
“Schlissel: Fix Parking Now!”
At that same Regents meeting,
the board approved a new $920
million hospital.
Mary Masson, spokesperson
for Michigan Medicine, wrote
in an email to The Daily that the
University of Michigan has been
aware of parking concerns for
a while now, for both patients
and employees. Masson said in
order to try to create a better
experience
for
patients
and
their families, they converted
employee
spaces
to
patient
spaces.
“We recognize parking is
currently a challenge for our
employees and our patients,”
Masson wrote.
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